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Transportation
Samuel Newton was transported on the Layton, departing 26th Aug 1835 and arriving 10th Dec 1835 with 272 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Source; The Sydney Monitor. Sat 14 Nov 1829. Page 3. Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals.- On Sunday the Layton from Sheerness, with 190 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. James Osborne, R. N. Lieutenant Miller, 40th Regt; and 29 soldiers of different corps, 4 women and 3 children. Mustered; 188. Died on Voyage; 2. Total 190 Embarked.
Layton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 130 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Old Bailey Online SAMUEL NEWTON. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 16th October 1834 Text type Trial account Defendants SAMUEL NEWTON Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 16th October 1834 Reference Number t18341016-178 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 1655. SAMUEL NEWTON was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of September , 7 cloths, value 2s.; 7 curtains, value 3s.; 2 sheets, value 3s.; 1 petticoat, value 6d.; 3 pillow-cases, value 3s.; 3 aprons, value 1s. 6d.; 7 stockings, value 5s.; 3 night-caps, value 1s.; the goods of John Hudson ; and 1 petticoat, value 6d., the goods of Sarah Key . JAMES TURNER . I am a general-dealer, and live in Whitecross-street. On the 30th of September, the prisoner came into my shop with a bundle, and said, "Will you buy this?" - I opened it, and saw these things - I said, "Where did you get these?" - he said, "I picked it up in White Conduit-fields" - I took it and the prisoner to the station-house - the things were wet - it was about nine o'clock in the morning. SARAH KEY . I am servant to Mr. John Hudson, No. 16, Lower-road, Islington . He is a brewer - I have examined these things - this petticoat is mine - the rest are my master's - I had washed them myself, and hung them on the line, on the afternoon of the 29th of September - I missed them the next morning at six o'clock - it is not far from White Conduit-fields - there was a footmark from where the prisoner lives, across to our garden to where these things were. FRANCIS BROWN (police-serjeant G 10). On the 30th of September, the prisoner came to the station-house with Turner - he said he found these in White Conduit-fields, about twenty minutes past six - he then said, "Twenty minutes past five." Prisoner's Defence. I was going to work for Mr. Johnson - I saw some things tied up in a black apron - I took them up and offered them for sale; but I had worked till breakfast time in Bagnigge Wells-road. GUILTY . Aged 41. - Transported for Seven Years .
Description Born 1793. Place of birth. Fakenham Gender male. Hair brown (dark brown). Eyes hazel Distinguishing marks right knee crooked stout made. Has tattoo no. First recorded 5th January 1831